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Getting a New Perspective on the Great Lakes' Water Quality

October 07, 2016 Cody Sullivan, U.S. Forest Service Research and Development Program

The Great Lakes cover over 95,000 square miles and contain trillions of gallons of water. These vestiges of the last Ice Age define immense. But their greatness makes water quality monitoring difficult. In 2010, Titus Seilheimer, a US Forest Service research ecologist at the time, led a project...

Forestry

Growing Rural Economies and Opportunities through Social Media

October 07, 2016 Janise Zygmont, Program Manager, Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program

From Facebook to Snapchat, rural businesses are exploring how to use social media to improve their customer’s experience and expand their customer base. Over the last eight years, USDA and the Obama Administration have partnered with rural communities to build more opportunities that support rural...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Farming

Farm to School Goes Year Round in the Northeast

October 07, 2016 Danielle Fleury, USDA Northeast Regional Farm to School Lead and Katina Kefalas, Program Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Northeast Regional Office

Over the past few summers, sponsors of USDA’s Summer Meals Programs have been elevating meal quality and encouraging program participation by serving seasonal menus, utilizing high quality ingredients, and providing nutrition education activities. We’ve heard of such farm to summer activities – the...

Food and Nutrition